Welcome to the Original Virtual Museum - celebrating Woolworths' century at the heart of British High Street Shopping
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please click a menu button Original Virtual Museum Home Page please click a menu button The Woolworth value store concept is born in the USA please click a menu button Laying the foundations as the first British Woolworth store opens in Liverpool in November 1909 please click a menu button Woolworths rapidly open forty-four stores in Britain and Ireland before facing a World War please click a menu button Bigger, brighter and bolder Woolworth stores in the Roaring Twenties please click a menu button Woolworths go to amazing lengths to keep all prices under sixpence in the Thirties please click a menu button Bravery and defiance during World War II in Woolworths' finest hour. We pay tribute to the sacrifices made and look behind the scenes please click a menu button Redefining the Woolworth brand for modern times in the 1950s, as prices go up and stores get bigger and bigger please click a menu button Superstores in and out of town, a new own brand and the opening of overseas Commonwealth stores during the 1960s please click a menu button Woolworth struggles to keep up during the rapid inflation and change of the 1970s please click a menu button Woolworth stores in more recent times, covering the period 1980-2008 please click a menu button
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Background to the Original Virtual Museum and copyright information about the contents Origins of the firm's legendary pic'n'mix and a century of chocolate, candy and confectionery in the High Street A century of music and entertainment in the High Street from sheet music and gramophone records to CDs and blu-ray discs A century of toys, games and fun in the High Street stores of F. W. Woolworth A century of fashion in the High Street, from paper patterns and sixpenny knickers to an extensive range of award-winning Ladybird clothing A century of cards, pens, pads and books from the shelves of F. W. Woolworth stores Pots and pans, paint and brushes, bulbs and compost and even toiletries - all in High Street Woolworth stores for much of the twentieth century Woolworths pioneered Christmas decorations in the 19th century and supplied presents for our parents, grandparents and great grandparents from their High Street stores Working conditions and pay rates at Woolworths over a hundred years and some of the people behind the brand-name Our cinema, quiz and picture gallery features Visit the new look 21st century Woolworths on line, on the site operated by Shop Direct Group
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'Brown eyes, why are you blue?' by the Mimosa Dance Orchestra

a sixpenny record from Woolworths in the 1920s

 

A Mimosa 'P' series 5½ inch record produced for Woolworths between 1921 and 1923. The more popular of the two sides typically carries a stamp to show that the price includes a royalty for that song

An early 1920s miniature gramophone record on the Mimosa label produced for F.W. Woolworth in the UK by the Crystalate Gramophone Record Company of Tonbridge, Kent. The lack of a stamp on the label means that this is the royalty-paid "B-side"Mimosa Records were sold in F.W. Woolworth & Co. Limited British Stores between 1921 and 1926. The rarest records are from the 'M' series and are 5½" in diameter and single-sided. These were tested and rejected in favour of a double-sided version, the 'P' series which was originally 5½" diameter, and later 6" from 1923. The records were produced for Woolies by the Crystalate Gramophone Record Company of Tonbridge, Kent.

They had greaseproof-bag style unprinted sleeves and retailed for sixpence.

 

The record you are sampling is:

Mimosa P221: Brown eyes, why are you blue? (played by the Mimosa Dance Orchestra)

Right click the link below and select "Save target as..." if you want to save a local copy of the record

Mimosa 6in P221: Brown eyes why are you blue?

Links to related exhibits in the Original Virtual Museum

1920s Gallery    1920s Records Page     Little Wonder    Mimosa    Little Marvel   Victory        Museum Home
If you have enjoyed our Virtual Museum website, why not check out our complete history of Woolworths in a 194 page, richly illustrated paperback book? A Sixpenny Romance is just £10.99, with free delivery in our on-line shop.
The special DVD, the Wonder of Advertising, is now available in our on-line shop for £7.50 in our on-line shop. A fully illustrated 194 page history of Woolworths, or a selection of professionally authored DVDs in our on-line shop
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